Long ethernet cable = slower connection?

I have a weird question. Does the length of my ethernet cable affect the speed of my internet connection? Because the ones that they gave us at school are ridiculously long to accomidate for moving around the dorm, etc. Just wondering, because I really don't need all that length anymore.

I have a weird question. Does the length of my ethernet cable affect the speed of my internet connection? Because the ones that they gave us at school are ridiculously long to accomidate for moving around the dorm, etc. Just wondering, because I really don't need all that length anymore.

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I'm gonna say, no.I've two coms connected to the router.one with a longer wire and i've no problems whatsoever. the speed on both coms are pretty much the same...

It will be a little slower, but not enough for you to notice! The longer the cable the longer it will take signals to travel up and down it.

Still you'd need a cable so long it wouldn't work for this to be humanly noticable.

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Einstein!

The biggest problem with a longer cable is that because it's longer there's more chance it will get crimped/cut/whatever, that could cause signal problems. And the length limit I presume goes to how much power ethernet uses, and that over 100m the current may not make it to the other end (think drips through a long hose).

Still you'd need a cable so long it wouldn't work for this to be humanly noticable.

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Oh, it's very noticeable, once you start going between cities. For fiber it's roughly a 1 millisecond delay per 200 km, a little more delay for copper. Of course, it someone's house or office is is that big, a more pressing concern may be the distance to the nearest toilet.

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